PALESTINE Rare Original 1967 Cuban Solidarity Poster from OSPAAAL in Havana Cuba

Description: To our collector, interior designer and eBay friends worldwide: In addition to this historical poster, the Cuban Poster Gallery in Washington D.C. is offering a huge selection of handmade Cuban silk-screen movie posters, many of which work beautifully well together. To view all of the posters, please visit our eBay Store ... stores.ebay.com/CubanPosterGallery ... where new listings are regularly being posted in both the Auction and Buy It Now/Best Offer formats. The Cuban Poster Gallery appreciates your business!Our price for this poster is $298. We are pleased to offer this rarely seen Cuban-made PALESTINE solidarity poster, printed in 1967, the year of the so-called "Six Day War" after which Israel began its occupation of Palestinian lands in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, as well as the Sinai Peninsula and most of the Syrian Golan Heights. This black and white poster, illustrated with a photo of an impoverished child, shows us how little has changed in the Israel-Palestine conflict, which is as volatile as ever, six decades after this graphic was designed in Havana. The poster was printed and distributed by the Havana-based Organization of Solidarity of the People of Asia, Africa & Latin America (OSPAAAL), which was founded in 1966 to demonstrate solidarity among socialist countries and promote various independence movements and other causes, including U.S. civil rights. OSPAAAL printed many of its posters in several languages, including Spanish, English, French and Arabic. This offset poster in this listing is the French-language version of a Palestine solidarity poster issued by OSPAAAL in 1967. The poster is titled (in French) "Deuil por la conscience humaine" (Mourning for the Human Consciousness). The poster also notes (in French) that May 15th has been designated as a world day of solidarity with the Palestinian people. Notably, the poster was designed by Tony Evora (1937-2017), one of the most prominent graphic artists in the early years of the 1959 Cuban revolution. In addition to his work for OSPAAAL, Tony Evora was artistic director of the Cuban Book Institute. His career in Havana was relatively short-lived, however, as he moved in the 1980s to the United Kingdom, where he became director of the arts, music and publications department at Oxford Brookes University. He later moved to Spain, where his work focused largely on Cuban music and its relationship to the Afro Cuban religion known as Santeria. Evora died in Spain in 2017. OSPAAAL closed its doors in June 2019 after a long run as a publisher of imaginative Cuban poster art. OSPAAAL posters can be found in museum and gallery collections worldwide, including the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., as well as in numerous books about Cuban graphic art. Overall condition of this poster is good with minor imperfections, including some ink runoff on the edge of the bottom border. The poster does not have any tears or pin holes, which are common on many vintage OSPAAAL posters. Buy with 100 percent confidence: all posters purchased from the Cuban Poster Gallery on eBay can be returned for any reason within 30 days. About shipping: For buyers with an address in the United States, your purchase will be shipped FREE by USPS Ground Advantage or UPS with delivery confirmation. For international buyers (outside of the United States), eBay will calculate the cost of shipping and any required Customs duties and taxes. To view more distinctive Cuban graphics, including other solidarity posters and silk-screened movie and cultural posters, as well as drawings of Cuban and foreign historical figures, we invite you to visit the Cuban Poster Gallery's eBay Store: stores.ebay.com/CubanPosterGallery (Internal locator #: MM-2)

Price: 298 USD

Location: Washington, District Of Columbia

End Time: 2024-09-23T21:09:10.000Z

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